Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pullulate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pullulate \Pul"lu*late\, v. i. [L. pullulatus, p. p. of
pullulare to sprout, from pullulus a young animal, a sprout,
dim. of pullus. See {pullet}.]
To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. --Warburton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pullulate
v 1: produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants [syn: {shoot},
{spud}, {germinate}, {bourgeon}, {burgeon forth}, {sprout}]
2: become abundant; increase rapidly
3: breed freely and abundantly
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